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Twenty-five years after Diana: Her True Story was published, biographer Andrew Morton has revisited the secret tapes he made with the late princess to reveal startling new insights into her life and mind. This fully revised edition of his groundbreaking biography is the closest we will ever come to an autobiography of Diana, an icon in life and a legend in death.
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©2013.
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English
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From her decade-long courtship with Prince William, to their fairy-tale wedding and rejuvenation of the monarchy, Kate Middleton has enchanted the public and media alike. How has this once shy, middle-class girl made such an effortless transition from commoner to royal? Nicholl brings her fascinating story to life, in order to reveal the truth about her past, her friends, her family, and, most crucially, the decisions she has made along the way that...
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Carlton Books
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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"Even before she wed Prince William, Kate Middleton earned a reputation as a trendsetter; she has succeeded in achieving a look so simple yet gorgeous that women all around the world long to emulate her. Kate addicts everywhere will want this essential handbook, which features 50 top outfits and reveals the Duchess's style secrets, favorite designers and shops, and beauty and grooming tricks. Complete with directories, and updated to include Kate's...
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Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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"Learn how Lady Diana Spencer became the People's Princess as she takes her place in the ranks of the Who Was? series. A shy twenty-year-old girl stepped out of a horse-drawn coach and into the world spotlight, capturing the imagination of millions as a real life fairytale princess. Although the storybook marriage didn't have a happy ending, Diana learned to use her fame as a way to champion charitable causes near to her heart. She became the People's...
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2018.
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English
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She made John Lennon blush and Marlon Brando tongue-tied. She iced out Princess Diana and humiliated Elizabeth Taylor. Andy Warhol photographed her. Jack Nicholson offered her cocaine. Gore Vidal revered her. Francis Bacon heckled her. Peter Sellers was madly in love with her. For Pablo Picasso, she was the object of sexual fantasy. Princess Margaret aroused passion and indignation in equal measures. To her friends, she was witty and regal. To her...
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Rockridge Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"Princess Diana was known as the "People's Princess" because she loved to be kind and generous to others. Before she made a big impact on the world, Diana was a thoughtful little girl who loved animals and ballet. Her life changed when she became royalty, but she never gave up her passion for helping people. Explore how Diana went from being a little girl growing up in England to one of the most famous women in the world, known especially for her...
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John Murray
Pub. Date
[2004]
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English
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"I am like poor Lear,' said George III at the height of his madness during the Regency crisis of 1788-9, 'but thank God I have no Regan, no Goneril, only three Cordelias.' He was referring to his elder daughters, Charlotte, Augusta and Elizabeth, whom he regarded - with their younger sisters, Mary, Sophia and Amelia - as symbols of perfect English womanhood. He had a lower opinion of his seven sons, headed by the dazzling Prince Regent. On the surface...
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Thunder Bay Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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Four monarchs (crowned and uncrowned); one abdication; one royal investiture; a jewel box of jubilees and many, many royal marriages.... British Vogue has borne witness to a century of royal history. Its first star photographer, Cecil Beaton, was entranced by the House of Windsor and the admiration was mutual. A younger star photographer, Antony Armstrong Jones, left Vogue to marry the Queen's sister and returned as Lord Snowdon. The Queen's cousin,...
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Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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At age thirteen, she became Lady Diana Spencer. At twenty, Princess of Wales. At twenty-one, she earned her most important title: Mother. As she fell in love, first with Prince Charles and then with her sons, William and Harry, the world fell in love with the young royal family, Diana most of all. With one son destined to be King of England, and one to find his own way, she taught them dual lessons about real life and royal tradition. "William and...
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